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A C Whelen

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Yan T, OBrien P, Shelton J, Whelen A, Pagaling E
Environ Sci Technol . 2018 Apr; 52(8):4869-4877. PMID: 29630348
Municipal wastewater (MW) contains a conglomeration of human enteric microbiota from a community and, hence, represents a potential surveillance tool for gastrointestinal infectious disease burden at the community level. To...
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Berman J, Nielsen R, Chulay J, Dowler M, Kain K, Kester K, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg . 2001 Oct; 95(4):429-32. PMID: 11579890
Plasmodia infect the liver for about 7 days before subsequently infecting the blood. Present prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum malaria employs agents that primarily kill blood stages and must be continued...
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Fraser S, Purcell B, Delgado Jr B, Baker A, Whelen A
Clin Infect Dis . 1997 Nov; 25(4):935-6. PMID: 9356821
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Cockerill 3rd F, Williams D, Eisenach K, Kline B, Miller L, Stockman L, et al.
Mayo Clin Proc . 1996 Mar; 71(3):221-9. PMID: 8594278
Objective: To compare molecular techniques with conventional diagnostic methods for evaluating nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Design: We conducted a 12-week postexposure inception cohort study of health-care personnel who...
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Whelen A, Persing D
Annu Rev Microbiol . 1996 Jan; 50:349-73. PMID: 8905084
Clinical microbiology is in the midst of a new era. Methodology that is based on nucleic acid detection has slowly appeared in the diagnostic laboratory, and is revolutionizing our ability...
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Felmlee T, Liu Q, Whelen A, Williams D, Sommer S, Persing D
J Clin Microbiol . 1995 Jun; 33(6):1617-23. PMID: 7650198
Detection of mutations in the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be used as an accurate predictor of rifampin resistance in the majority of strains tested. Simple but highly accurate...
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Whelen A, Felmlee T, Hunt J, Williams D, Roberts G, Stockman L, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 1995 Mar; 33(3):556-61. PMID: 7751357
Recent analysis of the gene encoding the beta subunit of Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA polymerase (rpoB) has demonstrated a small region that harbors the mutations most frequently associated with rifampin resistance....
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Whelen A, Wikel S
J Parasitol . 1993 Dec; 79(6):908-12. PMID: 8277384
Humoral and cell-mediated immune resistance to tick infestation has been documented in many host-parasite relationships. This study examines passive transfer of resistance to Dermacentor andersoni expressed by recipients of serum...
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Wikel S, Whelen A
Vet Parasitol . 1986 Mar; 20(1-3):149-74. PMID: 2422805
Ixodid ticks are the most important vectors of pathogens to domestic and wild animals. It is established that cattle and laboratory animal species acquire resistance to tick infestation; acquired resistance...
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Whelen A, RICHARDSON L, Wikel S
J Parasitol . 1986 Feb; 72(1):155-62. PMID: 3712171
Acquired resistance to ixodid tick infestation is expressed by cattle and laboratory animals. Humoral factors appear to be involved in host acquired resistance to tick bite; however, specific immune responses...